Articles | Volume 1, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.13933
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.Extraction of the Wichita Fusion Nail after Knee Arthrodesis
Keywords: Wichita fusion nail, knee arthrodesis
Abstract. To avoid a new exposition and partial damage of a knee arthrodesis site due to the removal of the Wichita fusion nail (WFN), a new extraction technique was developed, using a femoral osteotomy at the proximal end of the nail. Fixing the osteotomy with an Ilizarov frame offered the possibility to perform an additional correction of length and/or alignment if necessary.